libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex(3)

libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex3

Unlink an sftp file

Usage

#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>
int
libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *filename, unsigned int filename_len);
int
libssh2_sftp_unlink(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *filename);

Overview

sftp - SFTP instance as returned by libssh2_sftp_init(3)

filename - Path and name of the existing filesystem entry

filename_len - Length of the path and name of the existing filesystem entry

Unlink (delete) a file from the remote filesystem.

Return value

Return 0 on success or negative on failure. It returns LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it is not really a failure per se.

Errors

LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC - An internal memory allocation call failed.

LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND - Unable to send data on socket.

LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT -

LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL - An invalid SFTP protocol response was received on the socket, or an SFTP operation caused an errorcode to be returned by the server.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7–12
  4. 13–Arch

From libssh2 1.11.1-7 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.